Roofing How To Do It Yourself

Do not use the bottom of the roof as a straight line.

Roofing how to do it yourself.

Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome. Peel off the bottom backing. Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome.

In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. Doing so will most likely cause you to get the paper crooked leaving you with wrinkles in the material. Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the. Using a staple gun or hammer tacker staple 6 to 8 inches apart making sure there are no ripples or bubbles in the felt as you go.

Measure 35 inches up from the eaves at several intervals along the roof and mark them. Starting at the bottom corner of the roof lay a strip of roofing felt horizontally across the bottom edge of the roof. Allow the felt to extend 1 4 inch 6 5 mm to 3 8 inch 1 cm at the bottom roof edge. Do not use the eaves as a guide instead because they can be uneven.

Protect the roof against ice dams and windblown rain with self stick ice and water. Project step by step 15 roll out the self stick underlayment. Then pull off the. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.

Make sure the underlayment lies smooth before you nail the top edge.